Shloka 352

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trayas-śata-dvāpañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo trescientos cincuenta y dos del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Śānti Parva, en la sección llamada Gokṣa-dharma Parva, relativo al relato ejemplar (upākhyāna) de Ujjhavṛttikā. Este colofón señala la culminación de esta unidad de enseñanza, enmarcando la narración como un ejemplo orientado al dharma dentro de la instrucción de Bhīṣma a Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वस्यof the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

गोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Goksha-dharma Parva (section)

उज्छवृत्तिकायाःof Ucchavrittika (name/title)

उपाख्यानof the episode/tale

विषयकconcerning; having as its subject

त्रिशतthree hundred

द्विपञ्चाशत्तमःthree hundred fifty-second (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

पूरितःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Gokṣadharma Parva

Ujjhavṛttikā (upākhyāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as a dharma-teaching delivered through an upākhyāna (illustrative tale). Its function is to mark closure and to situate the lesson within Śānti Parva’s broader ethical and governance-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the completion of the chapter dealing with the Ujjhavṛttikā episode within the Gokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva. It is an editorial/narrative boundary marker indicating that Bhīṣma’s current unit of discourse has concluded.